housing starts
noun
: the number of new houses that people started to build
Housing starts declined in September.
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By contrast, new housing starts were at a 30-year high in 2007.
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Jennifer Horton, The Tennessean, 8 July 2025
Weakening retail sales and drooping housing starts are also indicators of possible trouble ahead.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
Yields came under a bit of pressure earlier Wednesday after May housing starts data missed estimates, coming in at 1.256 million versus the 1.35 million that economists polled by Dow Jones were expecting.
—Sean Conlon,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 18 June 2025
In addition, single-family housing starts, retail sales volumes, and core capex shipments all showed lower readings sequentially in their latest releases.
—Robert Barone, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
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Jennifer Horton, The Tennessean, 8 July 2025
Weakening retail sales and drooping housing starts are also indicators of possible trouble ahead.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
Yields came under a bit of pressure earlier Wednesday after May housing starts data missed estimates, coming in at 1.256 million versus the 1.35 million that economists polled by Dow Jones were expecting.
—Sean Conlon,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 18 June 2025
In addition, single-family housing starts, retail sales volumes, and core capex shipments all showed lower readings sequentially in their latest releases.
—Robert Barone, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
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“Housing starts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20starts. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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